New computer

Hi @fader5 

I'll start with your second question:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/backup-restore-move-catalog-photoshop.html

For your first one, I don't have NAS drives and don't need them, so I'll leave NAS experts help you. That said, you should consider using a very small SSD external USB dri.ve (let's say with 2 TB) to store both your media files and your catalog using the catalog transfer described above.

The big advantage is that the external drive is plugged in to a different computer with the same PSE version, you have nothing to do beside switching the drive to the other computer. The drive is so small you can keep it easily in your laptop bag, and it will work just as if you had increased your internal memory.

It's also possible to use the catalog manager to move the transfered catalog folder back to the default location on your C: drive if you don't switch computers. Theoretically, that may be speedier, but I have never noticed it.

Alternatively, you can use the folders panel in tree mode to move a folder with all its subfolders trees to the external drive to spare internal disk space.

About NAS: They are ideal to store PSE backups, but you may have performance loss and it's not recommended or even possible to store catalog folders there.